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Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Full Self-Driving Subscriptions Coming Early 2021

Discussion in 'Autopilot & Autonomous/FSD' started by TMC Staff, Dec 23, 2020.

  1. EVNow

    EVNow Well-Known Member

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    You are justifying your wrong statement, but linking those statements.

    You do if you sell privately. If you sell to Tesla I don't know what happens in practice - but I recall some kind of % of what you paid as the trade in value. That should include what you paid for FSD.
     
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    But how much will they offer you for FSD? Full purchase price or some fraction?
     
  3. DaveG_NJ

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    I think this notion of a month to month subscription, that you can turn on or off, at will, won't fly. That's chaos from a pricing perspective. It's likely to be more like a wireless contract with AT&T. You pay monthly but sign up for a fixed term, subject to early termination fees. So, maybe something like $150/mon for a 12-month contract or $120/mon for a 4 year contract. Rates subject to change. Taxes not included. Void where prohibited by law.
     
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    People already buy cars that way. Most cars in the UK are sold on some kind of finance or lease.
     
  5. run-the-joules

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    I agree in concept, but with bigger numbers than that.
     
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    No, there are threads here about various cases where a car was misrepresented when it was sold. Tesla don’t disable software features when you sell your car privately. What has happened is there have been occasions when purchases from a reseller have been misrepresented (perhaps accidentally) and, very occasionally, a car that was purchased used from Tesla (perhaps indirectly) was incorrectly configured, and subsequently lost a feature during a software update. These are the cases that generate (justifiably) anger on the part of the final buyer, but that is very different from Tesla disabling features on your car if you sell it privately.
     
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    Agreed, with maybe a one-month trial period. I think the motivator here for Tesla is to capture the lease purchases, who are far less likely to get FSD (for obvious reasons). But as others have noted I doubt they can make $150/month work based on the current purchase price.
     
  8. JBT66

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    If they are smart a fraction.
     
  9. Cultgti

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    Any word on when we can get this and pricing yet? Excited and cannot wait to get my sub.
     
  10. run-the-joules

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    You can wait, and you shall.
     
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    My guess is that it will arrive more or less at the same time as the open beta release of FSD (that is, when anyone with FSD/HW3 can use it, but its still officially a "beta").
     
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    Will the lease be offered before or after FSD is actually delivered???
     

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